Spout attachment for cans.



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A. L. WHITNEY.

STOUT ATTACHMENT FOR CANS. uruoum'n mum m2. 5, 190a Patented July26,1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR I1. WHITNEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPOUT ATTACHMENT FOR CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 26, 1910.

Application filed March 6, 1909. SerialNo. 481,747.

To all whom it may concern: it

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. WHITNEY, citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in SpoutAttachments for Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for cans, which is especiallydesigned for cans to contain dry pulverized material, and to provide apouring spout projecting from the side.

, It consists in a combination of parts, and in details of constructionwhich will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my can andattachment. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 illustrates the manner ofpacking cans in cases for shipment.

In the manufacture of cans for different purposes, pouring spouts ofvarious descriptions have been fitted.

For rectangular cans which fit closely together, it is necessary thatthe spout should be in the head of the cans, and inside of theperipheral lines of the can sides.

In circular cans such spouts are also usually made in the heads, and insome cases they are protected by being reversed, or the side of the canflange may extend above the level of the top end of the spout for asimilar reason.

It is the object of my invention to provide a properly reinforced andsu'liiciently rigid spout which projects from the side of the can sothat the contents can be readlly discharged, especially where paste-board cans are employed to hold dry or pulverized materials; and soconstructing these discharge scouts that they will be sufficientlyrigid, an not broken or torn away by rough usage in shipping, where theyare packed in cases. Where such cans are made of paste-board it has beencommon to fix a spout in the center of the can cover, but these havevery little support in a single thickness of the flat surface of the canor cover end, and are very easily displaced or broken away.

In my device, 2 represents a spout which is formed of any suitable shapeor material.

The can A may be of any suitable mate- Such cans where used for drymaterial are preferably made by rolling or coiling paste-board, orsimilar material, spirally, and overlapping so as to make a sufiicientthickness to give it the necessary rigidity to hold the contents, and toprevent crushing by ordinary pressure. B and C are the heads of such acan which are usually fitted over the ends of the can, and glued orotherwise hermetically secured thereon.

The spout2 may extend to any desired distance from the side of the can.I prefer to make it short, and it may enter near the top of the can. Ihave here shown it as passing through an opening which is made in thesideof the can, and partially in the cap B. The material of the canbeing overlapped I prefer to pass the inner end of the spout throughthis overlapped material, where there will be a plurality ofthicknesses, and if it passes through the lower partof the cover B also,it has an additional support, so that being glued or cemented in place,or secured by clamping flanges or otherwise, it will be very rigid, andwith little chance for displacement.

Another advantage in so placing a spout of this character is that as itprojects from the cylindrical side of the can, it has the additionalsupport caused by the arc-shaped surface of the can through which itpasses. When cans of this character are packed, as shown in Fig. 3, theyare so disposed that the spouts project toward the open space formedbetween cylindrical cans of this character, when they are packed incases. Thus, if a certain number, .as six of the cans, are to be placedin a case, the nozzles 2 may be so disposed that they will projecttoward the spaces between the cans, or be tween the last two of the cansand the side of the case, but in any event they will be out of contactwith each other and with the sides of the case. Thus the cans may bepacked as closely with these spouts, as they could be without, and thespouts will be free from danger by accident.

These spouts preferably have corks or stoppers of suitable description,which fit in the mouths of the spouts, and may be sunk flush therewith;these being removed, it is easy to pour the contents of the can becausethe spouts being on the side, the contents, especially such as salt orequivalent dry product, may be easily poured out without spilling.

pasteboard coils, said can having 'end heads and having an openingthrough one side i adj acentto one of said heads, and a tubular spoutextending through said opening and permanently secured to all of theoverlappln'g thicknesses of the can body, the cover adjacent to thespout having a surrounding flange, aportion of the edge of which is cutaway at one side to form a groove WhICll 1s concentric With and fits theupper part of the tube so as to form an additional reinforce for saidtube.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Wit nesses.

ARTHUR L. WHITNEY Witnesses:

O. A. EGGERS, F. B. HARKNEss.

